Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal Adhiniyam, 2001
No: 7 Dated: May, 18 2001
The Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal Adhiniyam, 2001
(Chhattisgarh Act No. 7 of 2001)
Be it enacted by Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
CHAPTER 1
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called The Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal Adhiniyam, 2001.
(2) It extends to the whole of Chhattisgarh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different areas.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Mandal" means the Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal under Section 3,
(b) "State Register" means a register maintained under this Act and expression "Registered" and "Registration" shall be construed accordingly.
(c) "Medicine" means, Modern and Holistic Medicine and all its branches.
(d) "Recognised qualification" means any of the qualifications specified in the schedule.
(e) "Registered Practitioner" means any person enrolled on the State Register under the provisions of this Act.
(f) "Regulation" means a regulation made under Section 32.
(g) "Practitioner in Alternative Medicine" means a person who has been granted the certificate of [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] and who practices medicine.
CHAPTER II
Establishment and Constitution of The Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal
3. Establishment of the Mandal. - (1) The State Government, as soon as may establish by notification, the Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal from such date as may be specified therein.
(2) The Mandal shall be a body corporate by the name of Chhattisgarh Chikitsa Mandal, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold, property both moveable and immovable and subject to the provisions of this Act, to transfer any property held by it, and to contract, and do all other things necessary for the purposes of its continuation, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.